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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,472, dated October 16,1894. l Application flledGtOber 23, 1893. Serial No. 488,968. (No model.) l

in means for simultaneously locking the bars p or ribs or the conformators in their adjusted `positions or their assumed positions `when Iitted to the head of a person and will be hereinafter more fullyv set forth.

Theobject of our invention is to provide means whereby each of the ribs or blades of the conformators will simultaneously be locked and held securely in their relative po` sitions by a series of locking levers simultaneously operated by a single manually operated lever, and to provide means Wherebythe blades or ribs are automatically operated to move inwardly, or toward the axes of the ellipse encircling the peripheryof said bars or ribs,when the latter are released. We attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numbers of reference designate like parts throughout the several views. j

Figure l. is a vplan view of the machine showing a `portion of the top platen broken 0E to exhibit the perforating barbs or pins of the conformator bars or ribs. Fig. 2. is a longitudinal sectional elevationof the same.

Fig. 3. is an enlarged detail sectional view of the retaining rim showing-the locking eccentric and taken through the line D. E. see Fig. 1. and Fig. 4. is a detail plan view of the eccentric crank.

The frame of the machine is composed of anupper retaining rim 1.and a lower retain- `ing rimi2.both of which are elliptical in form and are rmly secured together by suitable securing screws 3. and mounted on the supporting legs 4. The grooves or ways 5. wherein the supporting stem 6. of the conformator bars 7. tit, are formed with their axes located according to the elliptical curvature of the retaining rim. l l i i The bars or ribs 7. are locked `or held in position, when adjusted or fitted to the irregu# lar profile of any head, by means of the eccentrics `8. which have their` journal ends 9. and 10. journaled in the bearings 11. formed in the top and bottom retaining rims 1. and 2. The eccentrics 8. are operated to simultaneously lock and to unlock by means of the hand crank by which motion is imparted to the cranks,l3', of the eccentricstto which they are firmly secured,by means of the connecting-rods1k `The connecting-rods 14, are preferably composed of the rods 14a. the ends of which are each threaded right and lef t hand and adapted to be screwed into the socket ends of the connecting-rod stubs 15. thereby forming a means `whereby each of the cranks 13. may be adj usted to cause the locking ecccntrics S, to bind or lock the stems 6. uniformly and simultaneously, and to compensate for the irregularities in Wear and inaccuracies of workmanship, both of which would prevent the simultaneous operation of the binding eccentrics. l

The bars or ribs 7 are formed integrally on and at right angles with their supporting stems 6. said ribs having their lower inner conforming sides 16, in vertical alignment with their top outer conforming sides 17. Thus as the lower bearing portion of the conformator bars is set or adjusted to the profile of any head so also are the upper outer sides of the conformators adj usted to measure or adjust the inner periphery of a hat or head covering.

`The elastic band 18, preferably of rubber,

encircling the ribs or bars 7. is provided for the purpose of simultaneously moving said bars toward the central portiorrof the retaining ring and to automatically adj ust said bars to conform with any profile.

The top ends of the bars 7. are curved or bent inwardly and have the barbs or pins 19, firmly secured on their top outer ends. Over `the pins 19, is hinged the platen 2x0. by the hinge 21. hinged on one of the end bars 7. and locked and held in its closed position by the spring catch 22. The end of the spring catch 22. is looped to loosely receive the end of the end bar 7. thereby permitting an adjustment applied to the head of an individual with the lower bearing portions of the conforming bars 7. encompassing the head and adjusting them selves to any irregularities of profile and in which adjusted position they are simultaneouslylocked by moving the leverl2. as prev viously described. The conformators are now removed, the platen 20. is raised and paper is inserted between said platen andthe perforating pins 19. and said platenv is pressed downwardly on and over the paper to. cause it to be perforated thereby forming a templet by which and to which the conformator bars 7. may be adjusted orset on any future occasion and a hat or other head covering tted thereto.

Having thus fully described the nature and construction of our invention, what we claim as new and'useful, and desire to cover by Letj tersy Patent of the United States of America therefor, is-

l. In a hat conformator, the combination j with a retaining rim composed of upper and j lower portions or sections and having a series of grooves ory ways formed transversely on their inner bearing faces, said upper grooves adapted to. register with said lower grooves, of a series of vertical conformator bars having outwardlyk projecting stems formed horie zontally on said vertical bars and near 'the bottom endslthereof, and adapted'rto freely t and to`slide longitudinally'in-said grooves,

a series of clamping eccentrics having their axes disposed transversely with the said stems and adapted to simultaneously engage said ,supporting stem, and suitable `connecting rodsand eccentric cranks for operating said eccentrics', substantially as and for the vpurpose set forth.

2. In a hat conformator, the combination with a retaining-rim composed of upper and lower elliptical sections having a series of diverging grooves formed in their inner bearing faces and adapted toregister, of a series of vertical conformatorbars having outwardly projecting stems formed integral on the outer sides of saidk bars at or near the bottom ends thereof, and adapted to loosely fit said grooves formed in said rim, said bars having their top outer bearing sides in vertical alignment with their bottom inner bearing sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof w'ehave hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL H. ALTLAND.

f SIGMUN D MAYER. Witnesses as to signature of Samuel H. Altland:

THOMPSON R. BELL, J No. GEO. TH'URsToN.

Witnesses as vto signature of Sigmund Mayer:

ADoLPH W. SOMMERFIELD, ADOLPH M. BROWN. 

